hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
to eat up; to consume (completely)
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
characteristic; feature; special quality
painting of flowers and birds; bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting
to bear fruit; to take effect
to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back (at); to retort
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to cut (someone) down; to slay
irrespective of the person concerned; indiscriminately; anyone and everyone; anybody at all
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
computed tomography; computerized tomography; CT
what's what; heads or tails
rimless (e.g. glasses); borderless (e.g. TV); bezel-less (e.g. smartphone)
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
to conjecture; to comprehend; to surmise; to understand; to estimate
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
embedding; implantation; embedding
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
all pain and no gain; lots of pain and not much gain
detached; aloof; indifferent
like that; that way; thus
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
marking; grading; scoring
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
dean (of a university faculty)
big leakage; uncontained leak
love of learning; desire to learn; passion for knowledge
to become attached; to begin to love
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
it's probably so; it stands to reason